Drug abuse

A young man sleeps at the base of a neglected monument to 19th century Latin American hero Simon Bolivar in Mexico City. Dozens of young men and women have turned the monument into a squatter's camp where they buy, sell and inhale chemical solvent to stay high.

A young man sleeps at the base of a neglected monument to 19th century Latin American hero Simon Bolivar in Mexico City. Dozens of young men and women have turned the monument into a squatter's camp where they buy, sell and inhale chemical solvent to stay high. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

A young man sleeps at the base of a neglected monument to 19th century Latin American hero Simon Bolivar in Mexico City. Dozens of young men and women have turned the monument into a squatter's camp where they buy, sell and inhale chemical solvent to stay high.